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Rob Martinez
Dr. Robert A. Martinez, "Resiliency Guy," is a retired California educator and superintendent (38 years) who now works as an author, speaker, and leadership consultant on resilience in education.
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Oct 10, 2026
Episode 123 | From School Psychologist to Superintendent: A 38-Year Leadership Journey
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11:38Brandi KellyHOST
Could you share maybe a specific moment of adversity that tested you, required a mindset shift to help you transform that experience into a source of hope or purpose?
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11:50Rob MartinezGUEST
Well, and, and I will give you, again, that, an experience within the COVID setting just because it's so still close to mind.
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12:03Rob MartinezGUEST
Something happening." And, you know, all of a sudden it was in the news, and it was flooding, and the governor- And I'm going, "Okay, people are hearing the same news that I'm hearing." And again, when you're a superintendent, you have a board that you're working with, and so you either have a three-person, a five-person, a seven-person.
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12:21Rob MartinezGUEST
It's usually an odd number, and, and each one of those board members has an idea, has an opinion, has something that they want you to do, even though we, through training, people learn, well, the board isn't a board-board unless you're sitting at the dais together making decisions, but one person can't really direct the work of a superintendent.
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12:40Rob MartinezGUEST
But in that case, five different phone calls were coming in saying, "I want you to do this.
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28:31Brandi KellyHOST
What do you wanna leave with our listeners who might be searching for hope and inspiration?